Minor MLB Transactions: 5/10/16

Left-handed reliever Sam Freeman has accepted an outright assignment to Triple-A from the Brewers, the team announced today (on Twitter). Freeman, 28, tossed 7 2/3 innings for Milwaukee earlier this season but yielded an alarming 11 runs on 13 hits and nine walks in that time. He delivered solid bottom-line results for the Rangers last year, logging a 3.05 ERA in 38 1/3 innings, though metrics such as FIP, xFIP and SIERA each indicated that ERA to be largely smoke and mirrors, chiefly because of his trouble consistently throwing strikes. Freeman has averaged 5.3 walks per nine innings pitched in the Majors but a more palatable 3.6 per nine at the Triple-A level, and he’ll look to get back to that level following his outright. Of course, he’ll be doing so in a dreadful environment for pitchers: Colorado Springs.